· Private foundation
Barrett Foundation
Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
By grant size · FY2017
- Under $10k15 grants · $22k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $26k
- $250k+1 grant · $400k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE VETERINARY CARE FOUNDATION | $400,000 |
| POODLE RESCUE OF HOUSTON | $14,000 |
| CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES | $12,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $4,000 |
| STAR OF HOPE | $3,000 |
| COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS | $3,000 |
| HOUSTON FOOD BANK | $3,000 |
| HOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY | $2,500 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $2,000 |
| CHILD FUND INTERNATIONAL | $1,343 |
| BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| THE HOPE FUND | $500 |
| BOSTON UNIVERSITY | $400 |
| ST CECILIA CATHOLIC CHURCH & SCHOOL | $300 |
Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–17) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 99% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
Which US states your grants reach
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Houston Pets Alive!s (HPA!) mission is to save the lives of at-risk companion cats and dogs and find them loving homes.
Humane Society of Harris County's mission remains steadfast: to provide high-quality adoption, transport, foster, Trap, neuter, release, and pet food pantry services to our community. Yet, with a fresh perspective and a renewed passion,…
HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…
Non-profit corporation providing healthcare to the homeless.
To improve and protect the lives of animals in our community and to alleviate their suffering and abuse.
Houston health foundation (hhf) has the mission of creating private/public partnerships for sustainable health and wellness initiatives and programs in our communities.
Houston petset is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending the homelessness and suffering of companion animals.
The austin humane society (ahs) offers comprehensive, humane, life-saving animal services, transforming the lives of animals and those who love them. because we believe homeless animals deserve a chance to thrive in a loving environment,…
Pippys Pals Rescue is dedicated to saving the lives of dogs facing euthanasia in Houston. Our mission is to provide a second chance to these beloved companions by rescuing them from shelters, providing them with necessary medical care, and…
To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.
Rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of dogs.
Humane World for Animals, Inc., formerly known as the Humane Society of the United States (The Organization), seeks to tackle the root causes of animal cruelty and suffering. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Star of Hope Mission and the most unlike its peers is Poodle Rescue of Houston. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 18 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds VETERINARY CARE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds POODLE RESCUE OF HOUSTON ↗
- Who funds The Houston Food Bank ↗
- Who funds STAR OF HOPE MISSION ↗
- Who funds HOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL USA ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds HARWICH POLICE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organization Barrett Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.
- Trustees of Boston University — 13% of income from government
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.
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